Remember all that diatribe from me about fixed gear bikes?...Well forgitaboutit!
I had a serious "Impulse Purchase" which really wasn't the best thing for a shoestring budget.
I guess I have to take back everythink I said now and eat Crow!
I agree I'm NUTS!

but I just couldn't resist...
....................................Taxi 777 is now riding a fixed gear

I swapped out the straight bars for bullhorns and higher quality breaks
It's a beauty!!

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Originally Posted by making

Please dont outsmart the censor. That is a very expensive censor and every time one of you guys outsmart it it makes someone at the home office feel bad. We dont wanna do that. So dont cleverly disguise bad words.

42x16 is a good all around gear if you wanna be able to climb too. Going downhill ya are gonna learn to spin. Riding the fixie is not really about speed though. You will find that nothing is better into a headwind than a fixie. I run a 42x15, and often wish I had a 16 on some of the 10% grades.

Congrats on the New York purchase! I'm using the stock 42x16 as it seems to cover the bases well for my style of riding. The bull horns make extended climbing out of the saddle much easier on the back with the forward leverage. At some point I'll think more about upgrading the wheels as they are the weak point of the Langster. I've only used the fixed side, never swapped to the freewheel yet.